Ilona Gonsovska - famous artist from Moscow, who has lived and worked in Riga since 2005.
Ilona was born in the family of writers: her father, Sever Gonsovski, was the classic fantastic writer, her uncle, Valentin Pikul, – historical novelist.
Ilona has graduated from scenography faculty of Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute. She has worked with paintings, scenography, book illustrations and interior design. She was a member of Russian and Latvian Unions of artists.
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ARTEFACTS of 1968 – 2015 in the halls of «CASTS COLLECTION» of the Museum of the Academy of Arts of Russia, Saint-Petersburg

26.05 – 27.08 2017

The exposition is an expressive combination of contemporary art and antique artworks’ copies, of developed classics, of live experiment and esthetic canon, of authentic and copy. The configuration is bold, to say the least: here we have replicas of celebrated heads, busts and full figures, prescriptions of hallowed values which are considered to be timeless and an intrinsic component of Western civilization...more about the project..>>

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ARCHIVAL CONTEMPORANEITY projectThe idea of this project - to show the Names with their past. To look into the archives of 80-ies - 90-ies and reconstruct that artistic atmosphere. The actual theme of those times (painting) - the actual theme of today (photography, video, installations). . .
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